Container or caddy.



F. B. DAVIDSON.

CONTAINER 0R CADDY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1914.

1,151,570. PatentedAug. 31,1915.

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communes on cann v Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 31, 1915,

Application filed J anuary 14, 1914. Serial No. 811,983.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. DAVIDSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Marseilles, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers or Caddies; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel box or container made from heavy paper-board, straw-board, or like material and designed more especially to be used in place of a sheet metal box or caddy for containing crackers, biscuits, or like bakery goods, as well as other articles of merchandise in bulk, and which is adapted for use both in shipping such articles to the retail merchant and as a receptacle in which the articles may be ke t while in the shop of the retail merchant and from which the articles may be conveniently removed from time to time when delivered to the customer.

The box or container embodying the features of my invention, is preferably made from a piece or blank ofv sheet material so formed and prepared by the manufacturers thereof, that the boxes or containers may be folded flat for shipment, and set up in form for use, or the insertion of their contents, by the manufacturer of the articles with which they are to be filled.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a construction in such boxes or containers by which the same may be conveniently provided with a panel of glass or other transparent material through which the crackers, biscuits, or other articles contained therein may be seen, and the character thereof observed, without opening the box or container.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective vlew of a box or container set up in readiness for use, and embodying.

the features of my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bottom or lower end,

of the container, showing the flaps constituting said bottom in partially folded position; Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the container, taken on a vertical plane extending from front to rear of the same; Fig. 4 is a cross section of the container, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a plan section, taken on hne 55 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a view of the bottom of the container with a part of the sealing strip broken away to show the construction of the flaps constitutmg the bottom wall thereof.

Referring to the drawings illustrating in deta1l a box or container embodying the features of my invention, the body ofthe box is of tubular form and is preferably made from a single piece or blank, which is bent in the form of a tube, and the ends of which are secured to each other by paste,

together to constitute the bottom wall of the box. In the particular box shown, the walls A, A constitute the front and rear walls, respectively, and the Walls A, A the side walls of the box. As shown in Fig. 5, the walls A, A at the ends of the blank from which the box is formed, are secured together by means of a flap A integral with one of said walls and having adhesive engagement with the other of said walls. The top wall 0 of the box has the form of a lid on cover which is flexibly connected at its rear margin with the rear wall A of the box and is preferably made integral with said rear wall. Said lid or cover C is shown as provided with integral marginal flanges constitute extensions of the opposite side walls A, A are as wide as the walls to which they are attached and are made of such length as to overlap each other when the same are folded inwardly into the plane of the bottom wall. Said flaps B, B are first folded inwardly, in the folding of the thereon.

flaps constituting the bottom wall, and the same may be termed the inner fiaps.- The flap B a notch, generally of rectangular form, the inner margin'of said notch being parallel with the end margin of the flap, and lateral margins 12', b of the notch being parallel with the side margins of the flap. The opposite flap B is provided with an outwardly projecting tongue B generally of rectangular form and substantially as wide as the notch, said tongue being inserted through said notch when said flaps are folded together, and adapted to overlap the body of the flap B inside of the inner margin of the notch (Fig. 2). When the said flaps B and B are folded together, the side margins or shoulders of the notch and tongue will enand serve to hold the meeting ends of the two flaps from moving or shifting laterally with respect to each other. The contact of the :end margin of the flap B, at the sides of the tongue, with the ends of the inner margin of the notch, serves to hold thefiaps B, B from movement toward each other, and aids in holding the lower margins of the side walls A A from being forced inwardly by external pressure gage each other B arranged in opposite relation to each other, so that their inner margins meet each other edge to edge, when the said flaps are interfolded. As shown, said extensions are provided with oppositely disposed, laterally extending, locking tongues b, 6, located at a distance outwardly from the end margins 5 b of said outer flaps, the notches thus formed being equal in length to the width of the locking tongues. Said end margins b", 6 meet or abut against the correspond- B on said outer flaps. \Vhen said outer flaps are folded together, the tongues 6 b are inserted laterally beneath the inner margins of the extensionsand the tongues on the two flaps are engaged with each other, edge at their inner margins so as to lock to edge, (S

the outer flaps from spreading apart. Fig. 6.)

As shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 6, the inner and outer flaps are held in contact with each other, when folded inwardly and interlocked as described, by means of a sealing or closing strip D of flexible, material, such as is provided in its end margin With:

length and have inclined or ing end margins b Z1 of the extensions B tough paper, applied across the bottom wall and secured by adhesive material to the outside surfaces of both the inner and outer flaps; the end portions of said strip being sflecured to the exposed parts of the inner aps.

So much of the construction of the box, as above described, constitutes the subjectmatter of my application filed November 16, 1912,.andbearing Serial No. 731,694, and needsno further description here.

Now referring to the features illustrated which relate more particularly to the present invention, the same are constructed as follows: For the purpose of roviding the box or container made of flexi le sheet material, such as heavy paper-board, straw-board, or like material, with a panel of glass or other transparent material, through which the crackers, biscuits, or other articles contained in the box may be seen without opening the box, one of the walls of the box or container, preferably the front wall A thereof, is provided with a removable panel E (Fig. l)

formed by a portion of the wall itself. Said panel E is partially severed at or around its] margins from the said wall in such manner that it may be easily detached therefrom. As shown, the panel E is partially severed from said wall A by means of a plurality of disconnected kerfs or slits e, e (Figs..1 and 4) so constructed as to leave between their ends short connecting members e, e, sufficient in number to suitably support the panel. Said kerfs or slits e and tongues e are so arranged as to leave saidpanel E integrally connected with the wall Aat opposite sides of said panel. Said connecting members 6', e may be easily cut through by a knife or other implement when it is desired to remove the panel E from the box.'

The opening left by removing the panel will, during the use. of the box, he covered by a sheet F of transparent material (Figs. 3, 4 and 5), such as glass, transparent celluloid, or the like. Such transparent sheet F will be made somewhat larger than theopening formed by the removal of the panel and will be applied against the inner face of the wall in which said opening is formed.

' The sheet F of transparent material, so applied to cover the opening formed by removal of the panel E, may be secured to the wall of the box in anydesired manner, but, as shown, I provide a construction especially adapted for use where the panel is located near the bottom wall of the box as follows: As shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, theinner flaps B, B of the bottom wall are provided at their side margins, adjacent to the front wall A, with narrow extensions or adapted to be folded upwardly to form flanges on the flaps, and which, when the box is set up or com leted, are located in a position parallel w1th and inside of the lower portion of said front wall A. The flaps B, B thus arranged serve as a means of holdingor securing the lower margin of the transparent sheet F against the said front wall, said lower margin of the transparent sheet being inserted at its lower edge between the lower part of the front wall and said flanges. When the lower margin of the transparent sheet is thus held by flanges on the'inner flaps of the bottom wall, its upper margin may be confined or held by means of a strip G (Figs. 3- and 4) of tough paper, or other like material, secured by adhesive ma erial to the inner face of the wall and overlapping or extending over the marginal part of the transparent sheet above the opening formed by the detachment of the removable panel.

In preparing the box for the insertion of its contents, the removable panel E is left in place and the transparent sheet F is applied over the panel and secured in place, as described. The box will then be filled and its top closed. The box will be shipped in this condition to the retail merchant. In so shipping the box, it will usually be placed within an outside box or container, so as to protect the box from injury, or defacement, such as would be detrimental to its appearance when upon the grocers shelves, or when in use in a retail shop. When the filled box is received by the retail merchant the'latter will entirely remove or detach the panel E, so that the contents of the box will be visible through the transparent sheet F in the same manner as in the case of the similar metal boxes which have heretofore been usually provided with openings covered by attached glass panels, for the same purpose.

It will of course be understood that the removable panel E will be left in its original position duringthe shipment of the box, and will thus serve to protect the glass or transparent sheet from breakage or injury in transit and until the box reaches the hands of the retail merchant.

The box being made from a single piece or blank, as above stated, the box may be collapsed into flat form by the flexing of the blank at the diagonally opposite corners of the body; the several flaps on the blank being allowed to remain in their extended or unfolded positions. In this condition the blank may be shipped by the manufacturer thereof to the maker of the articles to be packed therein, with the usual advantages gained by shipment of boxes or cartons in knockdown form. The blanks may be easily set up for use, and the transparent sheets inserted therein, as hereinbefore described.

While the removable panel E is shown as located at the lower part of the front wall A of the box, yet such a removable panel may be located in one of the other walls of the box or elsewhere on the blank, as may be desired or preferred.

A carton embodying the features of construction set forth may be variously modified with respect to its details, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited to the specific construction illustrated except as pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention 1. A container, having one of its walls madeof flexible sheet material and provided with a removable, integral panel, partially severed at its margin from the surrounding material of the wall by a plurality of disconnected kerfs, so as to leave the panel integrally connected with the wall at opposite sides of the panel, a sheet of transparent material placed in position to close the space occupied by said panel, and means for holding said transparent sheet in position.

2. A container, having one of its walls made of flexible sheet material, said wall being provided with a removable, integral panel, partially severed at its edges from the surrounding material of said wall by a plurality of disconnected kerfs, so as to leave the panel integrally connected with leave the panel integrally connected with said wall on each edge of said panel, a sheet of transparent material larger than said panel applied against the inner face of said wall and extending over and closing the space occupied by said panel, and means for holding said sheet of transparent material in position against the inner face of said wall comprising flaps overlapping at least two of the opposite margins. of said transparent sheet.

4. A container made of flexible sheet material and provided in one of its walls with a removable, integral panel, partially sev-' ered at its edges from the surrounding material of the wall, a sheet of transparent material larger than said panel applied against the inner face of said wall and extending over the space occupied by said panel, and means for holding said sheet of transparent material in place, comprising a flap made integral with one of the walls of the container and located in position to engage one of the margins of said transparent sheet.

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5. A container made of flexible sheet ma: terial and comprising a sheet of transparent material forming a part of one of its walls and folded flaps .forming an adjacent wall, and means for holding said sheet of transcomprising a integral with one of said folded flaps, and folded inside of and extending arallel with the wall of which said sheet 0 transparent material forms a part.

6. A container, comprising connected side walls and an endwall, the latter being formed of inner and outer, inwardly folded flaps, a sheet of transparent material, forming a part of one ofsaid side walls, the said inner flaps being provided on their lateral edges with flaps which are folded inside of the side wall of which the sheet of transparent material forms a part and are adapted to engage the adjacent margin of said sheet of transparent material, and a flap secured to said side wall of which said sheet of transparent material forms a part and adapted to engage the opposite margin of said sheet of transparent material.

7. A container made of flexible sheet material and comprising four connected side walls and a bottom-wall formed by inner and outer inwardly folded flaps on said side I walls, and a sheet of transparent material, forminga part of one of its side walls, the said inner flaps being provided on their part, and are adapted to engage the lower margin of the said sheet of transparent material.

8. A container made of flexible sheet material and comprising four connected side walls and a bottom wall formed by inner and outer inwardly folded flaps on said side walls, one of said side walls being provided with a removable panel partially severed at its edges from the surrounding material of the wall, and a sheet of transparent material larger than said panel applied against the inner face of said wall and ex. tending. over the space occupied by said panel, the said inner flaps being provided on their lateral edges with integral flaps which are folded upwardly inside of the side wall containing said removable panel X and adapted, to engage the lower margin of the said sheet of transparent material.

In testimony, that I, claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature inthe. presence of two witnesses, January A. 13.1914.

FRANK B. DAVIDSON.

Witnesses:

EUGENE C. WANN, J. L. FISKE.

this tenth day of i 

